Long-Term Care Facilities

 
 

Some states are introducing COVID-19 mandates, and ICCS expects additional states will enforce new requirements. New Jersey, the first state to introduce an order on August 10, requires the following long-term care settings to hire a consultant to assist with oversight of the infection prevention program: nursing homes, assisted living facilities, personal care homes, residential healthcare facilities and dementia care homes.

Long-term care facilities are faced with very similar if not identical challenges to acute care facilities with respect to infection prevention and control. COVID-19 has resulted in a much higher level of risk for spread and consequences as residents of long-term care facilities are highly susceptible to infections.

ICCS assists long-term care facilities with identifying vulnerabilities, achieving state and federal regulation compliance, corrective action plan development, deficiency mitigation, implementation of programs, and staff education by providing the following:

  • Assistance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) F-tag 880 deficiencies and non-compliance

  • Assistance with fulfilling §483.80 requirements including:

    • Conducting a root cause analysis (RCA) to identify and address reasons for non-compliance

    • Working with the facility to implement an infection prevention plan consistent with the requirements at 42 CFR §483.80

    • Addressing individual facility specific items identified in CMS 2567

    • Providing assistance with social distancing and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

    • Appropriate disinfection of shared medical equipment

  • Assistance with completion of the CMS infection control self-assessment using the ICAR tool

  • Assistance with staff education for COVID-19 and general infection prevention and control “best practices”

  • Assistance with policy and procedure review

  • Assistance with development and implementation of staff competency

  • Additional facility-specific items identified during surveys

If you have any concerns about your facility's needs, including COVID-19 assistance, meeting regulatory requirements, remediating the F-tag 880 deficiencies, addressing CMS 2567 notification, developing plan of correction (POC), staff education and more, contact ICCS for a complimentary initial consultation.